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Polybius · The Histories §6.11b.1-6.11b.2

Cultivating Virtues in Youth and the City of Olcion

Passage 487 of 1311 · Greek

Summary

An assertion on the necessity of practicing all virtues, especially courage, from childhood, followed by a brief geographical mention of Olcion, a city in Tyrrhenia.

§6.11b.1ὅτι πάντα χρὴ τὰ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἔργα τοὺς καλῶς ἀσκοῦντας ἐκ παίδων ἀσκεῖν, μάλιστα δὲ τὴν ἀνδρείαν. [ξοδ. τυρον. φολ. 109. εχξ. ϝαλες. π. 9. ] Ὄλκιον, πόλις Τυρρηνίας· Πολύβιος ἕκτῳ.
That those who practice well must practice all the deeds of virtue from childhood, and especially courage. [ξοδ. τυρον. φολ. 109. εχξ. ϝαλες. π. 9.] Olcion, a city of Tyrrhenia; Polybius in the sixth book.
§6.11b.2[στεπηαν. βψζ. ϝ. Ὅλκιον. ]
[Steph. Byz. v. Olcion.]

Notes

  1. §6.11b.1χρὴ ... ἀσκεῖν — The impersonal verb χρὴ governs the infinitive ἀσκεῖν, expressing necessity. The accusative phrase τοὺς καλῶς ἀσκοῦντας ("those who practice well") functions as the subject of the infinitive, while πάντα τὰ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἔργα ("all the deeds of virtue") is its object.

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Polybius, The Histories §6.11b.1-6.11b.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:6.11b.1-6.11b.2

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